And I, in turn, don't care what you think about the folks paying your salary, so long as you get the job done.
I'll tell you what, hotshot - if they don't "get the job done" why don't you fire 'em and do it yourself?
You sound like a person who thinks the military doesn't pay their share of income taxes. Get real. This argument is as old as the hills for someone who wants to feel superior to the military. It doesn't work. You are inferior to them.